SAN JOSE – Ducks coach Randy Carlyle is seeking more power plays for his team to work with as it tries to get back in the best-of-7 Western Conference quarterfinals against the San Jose Sharks with Game 3 at SAP Center on Monday night.

The Ducks have a power-play goal from Hampus Lindholm in Game 2 but they’ve only earned five chances with the man advantage compared to San Jose getting nine. It is a theme that has continued from the regular season, where they had 214 chances while being shorthanded 274 times.

The disparity of 60 fewer power plays was the most in the NHL. And Carlyle put the issue out for public consumption Monday morning, hours ahead of Game 3. Veteran referees Francois St. Laurent and Kevin Pollock are slated to work the game.

“We seem to be accustomed to this,” Carlyle said. “The opposition – it doesn’t matter who we play – seems to enjoy more power plays than we do, almost to a double rate. They’ve had nine power-play opportunities and we’ve had five.

“There are some things that we can do better. The other side of it is when you get your power play opportunity, it has to provide you with some level of confidence that you can go back out there and gain momentum from it or score a goal from it.”

San Jose has delivered on its power play in each game. Evander Kane scored with a two-man advantage in Game 1 and Logan Couture finished a nice counter play in Game 2. Carlyle’s contention is that the Ducks should be drawing as many whistles as the Sharks.

“I have no qualms about the penalties that are called against our hockey club,” Carlyle said. “We’re not about that. What we’re about is if the same infractions are happening against us, then we deem that they should be called. That’s all. That’s the way I view the officiating.

“They’ve got a tough job. A lot of things going on out there. That’s the way I’ve looked at it all along. We’re not going to stand here and complain that we’re unfairly criticized. All I look for is if the same thing’s happening on the other side, I expect the call to be made.”

John Gibson (0-2, 3.05 GAA, .913 SV%) will get the Game 3 start and has stopped 63 of 69 shots thus far in the series. As far as any potential lineup changes, Carlyle was typically mum with regard to his plans.

“We’ll put 20 guys on our list and we’ll play them,” he said.

Asked if it’s the same 20 from Game 2, Carlyle added, “Maybe.”

It does appear at least one change will occur as Jason Chimera draws in for Antoine Vermette on the fourth line. Andy Welinski, who played in Game 1, was not with the projected scratches but Kevin Bieksa also came off the ice with the regulars.

Here is the projected lineup for the Ducks:

Rickard Rakell-Ryan Getzlaf-Ondrej Kase

Andrew Cogliano-Ryan Kesler-Jakob Silfverberg

Nick Ritchie-Adam Henrique-Corey Perry

Jason Chimera-Derek Grant-J.T. Brown

Hampus Lindholm-Josh Manson

Francois Beauchemin-Brandon Montour

Marcus Pettersson-Kevin Bieksa

San Jose coach Peter DeBoer isn’t changing a thing as his team holds a 2-0 series lead with it shifting to the Sharks’ home ice.

His top offensive players are delivering thus far in the low-scoring series. Kane scored twice in his NHL playoff debut, while Couture, Brent Burns and Tomas Hertl. Joe Pavelski has a series-leading three points, all on assists.

The Sharks absorbed the Ducks’ concerted physical play to begin Game 2 and would eventually grab a first-period lead they never let go of. An example was young winger Kevin Labanc being on the end of a huge hit by Anaheim defenseman Francois Beauchemin and coming back to set up Couture.

“We’ve asked our whole team to take hits to make plays and not retaliate,” DeBoer said. “I like our response to their physical play. We won’t be pushed out of games. He’s a young guy. That’s a good example of our whole team mentality.”

Martin Jones (2-0, 1.00 GAA, .964 SV%) has continued to save some of his best work for the postseason. Jones got his fifth career playoff shutout in Game 1 and now has an 18-14 mark with a 1.95 goals-against average and .928 save percentage. Both numbers are better than his 2017-18 regular season.

Joe Thornton is skating with the Sharks but is not at the point of joining the lineup. Thornton has taken warm-up skates before the first two games but the longtime San Jose star is still on the comeback trail from MCL surgery in late January. He was limited to 47 games this season.

Veteran defenseman Paul Martin has regained a regular role for the Sharks after spending much of the second half of the season with the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda. Martin dealt with injuries in the first half and played in only 14 games but is back alongside Brent Burns.